Nampo Shipyard

The Namp'o Shipyard Complex, located in Haean-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o, is one of North Korea's primary shipbuilding enterprises, building primarily cargo ships and fishing boats.[1] Employing 7,000 workers, the facilities include drydocks, 19 cranes, various cutting machines and a 6,000-ton floating dock. Ships of up to 20,000 tons displacement can be built.[2] Current production includes cargo ships of 14,000 and 20,000 tons, 1,500-ton destroyers and 82-ton patrol boats for the Korean People's Navy, dredgers, 3,750-ton stern trawlers, etc.[2]

Nampo Shipyard
Chosŏn'gŭl
남포조선소련합기업소
Hancha
南浦造船所聯合企業所
Revised RomanizationNampo Joseonso Yeonghap Kieopso
McCune–ReischauerNamp'o Chosŏnso Ryŏnghap Kiŏpso

The facility is served by the Korean State Railway via the Namp'o Port station on the P'yŏngnam Line.

History

The site of the shipyard originally housed a small ironworks, which after the collapse of Japanese rule in Korea was developed into a shipyard to build and repair marine vessels of various sizes, with the first 1,000-ton ship being built in 1948. Since then, ships up to displacements over ten thousand of tons have been built there, and the facilities have been expanded several times. In addition to ship building and repair, the complex also houses a lighting equipment factory making light fixtures for use aboard marine vessels, as well as workshops for machining, casting, forging and welding components necessary for ship construction and repair, including propellers. The complex also houses research laboratories and a school for training shipbuilders and repair technicians.[3]

Ships built at yard

References
  1. "북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설. North Korean Military Factory Series 11: Military Factories and Facilities in Namp'o Special City (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. "북한정보퍼털: 남포조선소. North Korea Information Portal: Namp'o Shipyard (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ""북한지역정보겟: 남포조선소연합기업소(南浦造船所聯合企業所) North Korea Information: Namp'o Shipyard Complex (in Korean)". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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